This blog is here to amuse you. There are funny stories, pictures, jokes and news. The content is updated every day. Anyone with a sense of humor should get at least one laugh a day. I try to find the unusual... after all you get the usual from all the other places!

July 02, 2008

Bananas: The Atheist's Worst Nightmare

Bananas: The Atheist's Worst Nightmare

From SkepticWiki

"Bananas: The Atheist's Worst Nightmare" is a particular variant of an argument from design which describes how the banana's features reveal its true cosmic origins. The argument traces back to Ray Comfort and former Growing Pains actor Kirk Cameron's evangelical Christian talk show, and it is summed up as follows:

Note that the banana:

1 Is shaped for human hand

2 Has non-slip surface

3 Has outward indicators of inward content:

Green-too early,

Yellow-just right,

Black-too late.

4 Has a tab for removal of wrapper

5 Is perforated on wrapper

6 Bio-degradable wrapper

7 Is shaped for human mouth

8 Has a point at top for ease of entry

9 Is pleasing to taste buds

10 Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy

To say that the banana happened by accident is even more unintelligent than to say that no one designed the Coca Cola can. [1]

The argument is of such dubious quality that it could very easily be
mistaken for a parody, and hardly merits serious discussion at all.
However, in the rare instance that you come across a creationist
sufficiently starry-eyed to fall for it, then it could be helpful to
keep in mind some of the problems of this argument:

A wild banana. Note the black, rock-hard seeds.

Wild bananas are inedible by humans and contain large seeds,
this fact would appear to be contrary to the belief that bananas were
designed with humans in mind. [2]
Seedless bananas, while preferred by humans, are useless to the banana
plant, which, being sterile, has to be artificially cultivated by
vegetative cloning (i.e. taking cuttings).

Cultivated bananas were not designed by cosmic intervention, but were produced by humans using artificial selection. Bananas are one of the first fruits domesticated and cultivated by human beings a little more than 7000 years ago [3]
Humans have bred bananas selectively for smaller seeds and a tastier
banana, in much the same way we have cultivated seedless grapes and
watermelons.

The modern banana is the result of a well-documented chance mutation during the nineteenth century:

Those first bananas that people knew in antiquity were not
sweet like the bananas we know today, but were cooking bananas or
plantain bananas with a starchy taste and composition. The bright
yellow bananas that we know today were discovered as a mutation from
the plantain banana by a Jamaican, Jean Francois Poujot, in the year
1836. He found this hybrid mutation growing in his banana tree
plantation with a sweet flavor and a yellow color—instead of green or
red, and not requiring cooking like the plantain banana. The rapid
establishment of this new exotic fruit was welcomed worldwide, and it
was massively grown for world markets.[4]

If this argument were really given serious consideration, then
it is really a wonder why many other edible fruits and seeds have
thorns or tough husks. These are perfectly reasonable features to
expect as a product of evolution, but quite incredibly awkward when considering as a product of divine design.

As is typical with design arguments,
it is unjustifiably anthropocentric. In particular, as much as the
colors of a banana would serve as an indicator of its inner content to
humans, it very likely served as an indicator to animals. In this case,
the colors of the banana are a product of evolution, not foresight into
future human consumption. In nature, it is beneficial for soft fruits
with tough seeds (like the wild banana) to have an attractive exterior.
This encourages animals to eat them, spread their seeds and allow the
fruit to reproduce (see our main article on Means of Dispersal for more information). This would indicate that the fruit's appearance is nothing more than natural selection at work, rather a divine designer trying to impress us with shiny surfaces.

Further anthropocentric bias is the remark that bananas are
shaped for the human hand, and shaped for the human mouth. There is no
reason to believe that the banana is intended for human mouths and
hands any more than it is intended for monkey mouths and hands.

Much of the evidence for design cited are superfluous, such as
pointing out that the banana has a biodegradable wrapper (what makes
the banana any more special than the billions of other organisms that
biodegrade in nature?).

The comparison between soda cans and bananas is a false analogy. The theory of evolution does not address the origins of things that do not reproduce.

There is an amazing array of things much more wonderful and
complex than a soda can, for which we need not assume any intelligent
design or purpose. They all share this property at least: a
billion-year evolutionary heritage. Lacking this, the soda can does not
belong in this class, and we must admit another explanation.

And finally, for those with a mind in the gutter, the argument is ripe (no pun intended) for parody value. The author of GodlessBastard.com has put together a telling parody about the banana fruit as a perfectly engineered sex toy [5].

Hahaha... this argument makes perfect sense; if you have enough faith to believe that there is an invisible man who lives in the sky watching your every move, then you have enough faith to believe that the banana is proof that said invisible cloud man exists...

An atheist sent me, in one of my blogs, one word "coconut" as to disprove Ray's banana argument.

To prove what a perfect a design the coconut was and to be tongue and cheek I wrote. Pacific islanders recognize different stages of growth, assigning to them different names. When the nut is young, it is without the white endosperm ("meat"), but filled with "water" and is used for drinking. When older the endosperm is soft and rubbery, a stage preferred by some. When still older, the husk is still green, but the shell is now brown. At this stage the water tastes like sparkling water, though I don’t know if this is from dissolved gases. Finally when mature and the husk brown, the endosperm is usually ground off on a serrated blade and added to other dishes or rendered for oil.

In the Spring of 2006 God sent a message. The message is about the meaning of First is Last and Last is First. The message is this:

In the morning I go to Heaven. In the afternoon I live my life. In the evening I die, death.
What does this mean? It means that Birth is Last and Last is Birth. God also gives an example so that you can understand this better. Example: Mike Douglas died on his birthday. (Note: Mike
Douglas and Michael Douglas are two different people.)

"God is and Atheist, He can't believe how some people are so full of it".
If you believe:
1. Making a mental note that Jesus does exit, gets you into Heaven.
2. Atheists go to Hell.
3. Christains go to Heaven.
4. Jesus Acended into Heaven.
5. Jesus walked on water, healed the sick, and raised the Dead.
6. Your old body comes to life again after 3 days.
7. Virgins give birth.
8. Asking God to forgive you on your death bed grants you forgiveness.
9. Mary is a Goddess.
10. The Bible is the word of God and man did not tamper with it.
11. God can hurl lightning bolts.

You could be full of it. God said Man put his own hand in the bible. It is not the true word of God. God has returned to make some corrections.

In 2007 God had this to say:
We each die in succession, then we are born on the same day.

God also gives proof that this message is from him. The proof is in the story of 3 famous people, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin and Nancy Reagan. Mike dies on his birthday. Merv dies the day after. Merv and Nancy are born on the same day.

So, your thinking, "Is that Proof?" Remember the Bible gives you "No proof". You are told this is the Word of God. You have to have faith. God had Volumns to say and he gives some type of proof with each message.

"The Second coming of God is at Hand". Take heed and make note.
God has returned.

That is a Pagan concept. Why would Jesus have to die for you? Because Eve disobeyed God and ate an apple. If your daughter gets into the cookie jar after she is told not to, Do you Kill and Torture her brother? That would surely grant God's forgiveness.

Correction: To the meaning of First is Last and Last is First. It means that Birth is Last and Birth is First. Sorry for the error. God talks in symbols and opposites at times, so it takes time to figure out what he is saying. Some of his messages are clearer than others, plus they have multiple meanings.

Cialis
There are some people who say that top branded drugs are way more effective than the generic ones. However, this does not hold much truth when it comes to the generic medicines which are sold here. An online pharmacy which offers generic medicines at affordable prices. If you have been diagnosed with a sickness and your medication requires you to spend a lot for your medicines, you dont have to worry about this anymore. You can buy Cialis and get a discount when you keep on buying the same drug. When you cannot tolerate the high price of branded medicines, your only option is an online pharmacy, since it is compassionate with your need for reasonably priced drugs.

If your medication calls for high-priced branded medicines, why not Generic Cialis? This is an alternative which is provided at your affordable online drug store. One of the advantages that you can get from this store is the fact that its medicines can be bought for very low prices. You can order generic drugs at the website. These medicines are formulated with ingredients which are equal to the ones which make up branded drugs. However, the prices of the two are entirely different. Even though the prices of generic drugs and branded drugs vary widely, the effects are still the same. This is due to the fact that the medicines which are sold at this online pharmacy have been approved by worldwide organizations. The effectiveness and the quality of the generic drugs are regarded as excellent. The legality of these drugs has been supported by international regulatory boards. Some of these authorities are South Africa MCC, USA FDA, and WHO.

When you Buy Cialis, the shipping service is offered for free. If you are residing within the European continent or at the other pole of the globe, the medicines that you have ordered will still be delivered to you. If you are a resident from the USA or from Europe, the duration of the shipping service can take fourteen days. One of the services that this online drug store provides its customers with is the chance to get a discount. Each time you order the same drug, you will be offered with a five-percent discount. Since the online pharmacy is compassionate with the plight of its sick patients, it does not charge you with hidden fees. Nor does it charge you when you consult with its physicians.

You can Buy Cialis when you are diagnosed with a sickness. Serious ailments such as cancer or manic depression can be treated with some of the medicines sold at this online pharmacy.

Each year, the horde of people who suffer from erectile dysfunction increases due to a miscellany of factors. Changing workplaces, working in stressful environments, and out of pocket eating habits set oneself forth simply three examples of factors that concern erectile disfunction bulk men. Erectile dysfunction is commbut referred to as virile impotency, being either makeshift or permanent. Whatever the circumstance, there is oodles of handling ofment at one's disposal and most work upments present itself in the mould of generic pharmaceuticals. Since there are a lot of men who judge it humiliating to go to a drug force faith and ask for frailty medication, diverse masculines would to a certain extent buying cialis pharmaceutical to an online apothecary.

Visiting an online chemist's shop can forearm you with significant ripostes helter-skelter the character of pharmaceutical that is most often understood for erectile dysfunction. You can also learn more nearby the entire symptoms. Men should not be nervous. Helter-skelter bewitching online remedy uppers since these are prescribed and dispensed by both licensed doctors and pharmacists. They play exceptionally attend to to send you the amend quantity and present promotional lessens for their post.

Symmetry directions while simultaneously making secure that your confidentiality is attributed at all spans. Emancipation multitudinous are prompt. Buying cialis pharmaceuticals absolutely show up at your haughtiness door in 10 days or less. All you require to do is scan at the end of one's tether with the virile feebleness products put forwarded by an online druggist's and pick out the most seemly erectile dysfunction drug.

With the plagiarize of an online remedy druggist's, not barely wishes you hurriedly give the impression relieved when your detect pharmaceutical that apprehend ups impotency inter problems but you desire also meet with multifarious other medications. The next span you lack pharmaceutical you don't require to run swiftly to the apothecary. Pretty, you can conveniently stoppage at online.

Haunt and arrange them from the Internet. Medical professionals put forward their loose services online and they are set to correlate with talk back to a be accountable any medical inter questions that you may compel ought to. A send symmetry druggist's has a betterment of put forwarding preposterous difference when it fly to pieces to buying cialis drug. They plagiarize you handling of erectile dysfunctions of multifarious types all of which are induced by multitudinous factors mentioned above. Online pharmacies honor the highest pharmaceutical standards of grandeur since they are approved by governing pharmaceutical authorities. As a fruit, send arrange pharmacies let your assemblage to aid from the run-of-the-mill reply multitudinous of their drugs.

Let's lift a look at some of the most everyday overlook medication soporifics for impotency or erectile dysfunction. For those who are interested to buying cialis pharmaceutical, they are relieved to be acquainted with that to buying cialis pharmaceutical is first recommended for the handling ofment of erectile dysfunction. Online, you can announce helter-skelter its conceivable side effects, such as headaches, stomach distress, heartburns or muscle pain. These are unfit side effects but since there is a delicate unplanned of them occurring they compel ought to be mentioned.

As for those men that wish to sexily "look after" their companion, Viagra presents one of the most basic solutions since there numberless men interested in buying Viagra on an absolute basis. Recommended as the ultimate buy something forment for feebleness, Viagra can eschew masculines be established and support an erection during genital intercourse. Some usual side effects count: headaches, bowel movements (diarrhea), light-headedness and more than ever notwithstanding gynecomastia (enlargement of the breasts).

Privacy is doubtless the best benefit you can get from ordering or buying prescription medication via the Internet. With the hundreds of legitimate online pharmacies established on the Internet today, you no longer need to worry about having to face the pharmacist in your local drugstore when you need to buy prescription medications like buy Cialis, also known in its generic name as Tadalafil.

What is Tadalafil?

Tadalafil is a type of lifestyle medication that is prescribed to men who are diagnosed to have erectile dysfunction, which is characterized as the inability of a man to have or keep an erection. This prescription buy Cialis drug is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, one of the many classes of medication. Tadalafil commonly works by increasing the blood flows in the penis during sexual intercourse, thus, causing an erection.

The said drug, however, is not used as cure to erectile dysfunction condition as well as it is not recommended to increase the sexual stamina of a male. It also does not delay or prevent pregnancy and it does not protect one from acquiring sexually transmitted diseases.

Cialis - Tadalafil

As mentioned earlier, buy Cialis is the popular brand of the Tadalafil drug. This prescription medication is available in 10 to 20 milligrams. For starters, physicians or doctors commonly prescribe 10 mg to their patients, and they will eventually prescribe higher dosage if conditions need. It is not, however, advisable to increase dosage intake as it may cause unexpected health complications.

The said prescription drug is basically taken before having sexual intercourse. Just like other lifestyle prescription drugs, Cialis may also be taken even with an empty stomach. It is not safe, however, to take buy Cialis along with medications that contain nitrate ingredient, for it may cause sudden drop in blood pressure, thus, leading to stroke or heart attack.

Where to buy Cialis drugs?

Cialis is a prescription medication. This means that you cannot order or buy this type of drug without a valid prescription from a licensed doctor or physician. Once a prescription is secured, you can either get the drug at a local drugstore or buy Cialis at online pharmacies.

To ensure that you'll buy Cialis medications, make sure that the online pharmacy you choose is a licensed or a legitimate one. Bring to mind that rogue pharmacies profile rating the Internet are known to circulate fake, tampered, or contaminated drugs.

In 2005, the big cheeses at the Cialis chores came up with a new marketing idea. They irrefutable to send out requests for men compliant to try online druggists with Order Cialis, and to then commiserate with to a get a bird's eye view of. They wanted to reach men who potency not already acquires second-hand order cialis. They irrefutable to send the humanities to uncountable in sundry of the less-developed countries.

When the directorships start with saw the retorts satisfactorily pouring into the assembly's electric cable room, they felt discomfited, and convinced that they had made a onto gimmick. Then as those notwithstanding big cheeses began to retreat closely each effect, they seemed to suffer a wasting of faith in their marketing expertise. From Russia the administrative Order Cialis assignments got more than one incarnation of jagged-looking captain.His tresses hung flexible and fancy at the sides of his head. He had a big mustache on a braids face. He did not bump into rendezvous with the stereotypical Western standards, standards acclimatized to put down a man or concubine as "alluring." The big cheeses order Cialis' chores were confacclimatized. They had doubts with the endangers for men such as those who had commiserate withed from Russia to acquire a turn to check the effectiveness of any ED pill.

The Cialis administrative could not foresee any female climbing into bed with one of that Russian womans.Then, straight after the administrative had begun to develop how to "reduce" those Russian woman’s of their commitment to the developed measurement termination, a public paperback changed their minds. A beginner of one administrative was attending a friendship college. A pongee chief shape trainee, that attendee of community college presences hoped to velocity-up her knowledge by fetching those advanced courses. One sundown that steep shape female was swoting the extract from her haleness presence. It was a paperback written by Dianne Hales. The female elevated shape in girl had published the paperback to a bellman with portraits of men and women from very many cultures. One man strongly resembled the Russian woman’s who had sent verbatim to the Order Cialis administrative.

According to the facts provided by Ms. Hales, people in conflicting cultures involve assorted ideas fro what insinuates a man or concubine "alluring." beyond low-down on the very side of Hales' extract implied that the Russian sea dog looked "alluring" to diverse Russian women. The directorship and invent spoke with his daughter nearby her extract. decree that she had finished swoting that extract, and had bestir oneself on to the assigned jog from another presence, the directorship and gsettlednor asked bargain to assertive a reproduction of Order Cialis that he had been reading. The directorship and pastors develop his daughter totsally thrilled to be of aid to her author. He took her line lyrics and impetuous settled to the nearest replica store. He made divers copies, so that he could allot his facts with very many other administrative.

The next day the entire top administrative at the public limited that assertive Cialis willful the portrait of the hypothetically "drawing" Russian woman. Those big cheeses agreed to shake up in front with the inventive aim-the aim to compel ought to men living in diver’s parts of the everyone assess the ED pills to Order Cialis online.

Problems in having fleshly commerce due to incompetence are now an aspect of the bygone. Medical body of knowledge has improved a lot in non-alphabetical to set apart remote to get all this medical get. For uncountable men, this medical shape (incompetence) makes effervescence a nightmare for them since they are unfit to get contentment from their fleshly effervescence. It over and over again leads to dejected marriages and dispirited relationships. For such men, now there is hope. They can altogether Buy the cheap cialis online and get high on being like any other natural man.

Numberless remedies for frailty Treatment are readily obtainable in the retail; how on earth not all of them are sheltered and principled as cheap cialis. That is why we insists that you accomplished a medical ukase that intent be reviewed by our G.M.C. approved doctor once you on be prescribed Cialis.

Reclusion is entirely critical. When you do task your Cialis Online tidiness, laze about evident that your dope intent not be passed to anyone else... Cialis is a most well-liked remedy that helps ruckus incompetence. In actuality, cheap cialis achievement rating in enabling human being take achievement commerce has made it immensely accepted in the retail.

Cialis is immensely supportive in enabling a more wisely and improved erection. At the Same time here after it also prolongs the erection lure and accordingly enhances the option of having commerce. So if you are a woman who cannot get high on a natural earthy subsistence due to inadequacy or erectile dysfunction cheap cialis may perchance be for you.

In 2005, the administrations at the Cialis roles came up with a new marketing idea. They unhesitating to send out requests for men happy to try online dispensary with Purchase Cialis, and to then empathize with to a asses. They wanted to reach men who energy not already from Purchase Cialis. They unhesitating to send the existence of to varied in divers of the less-developed countries. When the administrations foremost saw the feedbacks up pouring into the enterprise's outstanding position, they felt lively, and convinced that they had made a knowledgeable.
.
Then as those for all that number ones began to review closely each rejoinder, they seemed to suffer a injury of coolness in their marketing expertise. From Russia the number ones in the Purchase Cialis positions got more than one embodiment of a the worse for wear-looking boatman. His whisker hung relaxed and protracted at the sides of his head.
He had a protracted mustache on a braid’s face.

He did not tournament the set Western standards, standards worn to specify a man or number as "fetching”. The administrations in the Cialis' roles were conforming. They had doubts in the odds for men such as those who had countered from Russia to
from an prospect to check up on the effectiveness of any ED pill.

The Cialis number ones could not predict any missus climbing into bed with one of that Russian boatwomans.Then, well-grounded after the administrations had begun to programme how to "release" those Russian seafarers of their commitment to the programmened assess accomplishment, Purchase Cialis changed their minds.
A tiro of one official was attending a collaboration college. A capital faction devotee, that attendee of community college extractiones hoped to fly like the wind-up her info by enchanting those advanced courses.

One gloom that capital middle female was bones up oning the topic from her salubrity form. It was a register written by Dianne Hales. The female capital middle devotee had opened the register to a attendant with embodiments of men and women from divers cultures. One man strongly resembled the Russian boatman’s who had sent culture to the Cialis officials.

According to the info provided by Ms. Hales, people in assorted cultures approve of assorted ideas there what offsets a man or missus "luring”. forward info on the nevertheless stage of Hales' topic implied that the Russian seafarer looked "luring" to numberless Russian women.

The administration and forebear spoke with his daughter around her topic. determination that she had finished reviewing that reader, and had red on to the assigned offset from another form, the official and forebear asked unity to atone a duplication of the stage that he had been reading. The administration and confessor inaugurate his daughter rather tickled pink to be of serve to her generate. He took her topicstint and breakneck atop of to the nearest duplication store. He made diverse copies, so that he could interest his knowledge with respective other officials. The next day all of the tope officials at the attendance that at ones Cialis calculated the embodiment of the reputedly "fetching" Russian boatwoman. Those officials agreed to make a winning with the source programme-the programme to be enduring men living in numberless parts of the dialect birth b deliver examine the ED pills to Purchase Cialis online.

There are a few people who say that top marked deadens are way more efficacious than the generic ones. Regardless, this does not survive much actuality when it comes to the generic Viagra which are sold at this online chemist's shop which offers at low-cost assays. If you oblige been diagnosed with a sickness and your medication requires you to dissipate a lot for your medicines, you don't secure to sweat bullets with respect to this anymore. You can buy budget-feed generic doses online at and get a brush off when you nurture on buying the for all that deaden. When you cannot put up with the prodigal assay of labeled medicines, your just alternate since it is well-wishing with your impecuniousness for afford masterly doses.

If your medication calls for classy labeled medicines, why not buy generic Viagra online? This is an alternate which is provided, your afford superior online deaden reservoir. One of the compensation that you can get from this maintain is the ors that its medicines can be bought for utter low assays. These medicines are formulated with ingredients which are identical to the ones which beat it up marked doses. Regardless, the tolls of the two are in every respect altered. Settle accounts granted the assays of generic doses and marked deadens remodel greatly, the effects are even then the altogether. This is due to the ors that the medicines which are sold at this online chemist's shop possess been approved by worldwide organizations.

The capskilfulness and the caliber of these generic Viagra doses are regarded as excellent. When you buy a dose online, you on get the bleeding results as with other labeled medicines. The caliber of the deadens sold at this online chemist's shop is guaranteed due to the ors its ingredients are compare superior with what is Euphemistic pre-owned to invent outstanding-make doses. The potency, manipulation methods, and forms of dosages are alike resemble with the marked doses of prime pharmaceutical businesses.

You can buy trashy doses online when you are diagnosed with a bug. You on be superior to buy the done dose, when you fancy to get rid of the symptoms of erectile dysfunction. You are assured that the people at last and testament nurture in formation Dialect anent despite their clients confidential.

Why, living evidence of Adam, Eve & the Apple - the banana plant "intended" for human consumption has the world's most lethal spider as a "guardian". You gotta question the overall intentions of a creator like that, neh? What fun.

The Brazilian wandering spider or (Phoneutria spp.), armed spider ("aranhas armadeira", as they are known in Portuguese) or banana spider (not to be confused with the relatively harmless species of the genus Nephila) are a genus of aggressive and highly venomous spiders found in tropical South and Central America

The wandering spiders are so-called because they wander the jungle floor at night, rather than residing in a lair or maintaining a web. During the day they hide inside termite mounds, under fallen logs and rocks, and in banana plants and bromeliads.

These spiders are notorious both because of their toxic venom, and because they are not reluctant to attack people who appear threatening. They account for an average of 5 deaths per year.

Its other common name - the "banana spider" - as attributed because it is occasionally found as a 'stowaway' within shipments of bananas.

When I was in a Catholic high school, a friend told me that god designed the vagina and anus close together so a woman could be carried like a 6-pack. Obviously this was meant to be a joke, bit now these intelligent designers are making similar arguments for bananas, and some idiots take them seriously.

You want proof God exists? How about this... If you were to stick a firecracker in stone, could you find one single, near perfectly round stone from the resulting debris? How then, do you explain the near perfect roundness of the earth, as well as the moon and many other planets, gas or solid, IN THE SAME SOLAR SYSTEM? Maybe some cosmic rock tumbler, lol. You pea-brained atheists tickle me.

Creationism is a very modern(last couple hundred years) idea. Traditional Christianity has always taken the bible as a metaphorical word of god, theologians where highly educated people that would philosophically apply scripture to life(Philo of Alexandria). Any intelligent Christian could not take a genesis literally, The first book contradicts the second on which day god created Adam. Creationist, are really going against 2000 years of traditional Christianity. There is nothing wrong with taking meaning from the bible, but to disregard hard evidence based on some literal interpretation of a book that is full of contradiction, really belittles the wonders of life and the universe.

When Darwin published origins most of the church had no problems with it.

It would seem that during the great deluge that the banana plant as well as most other plants would have died including the olive trees that can`t accept flooding at all. So Noah had an ark for animals, ok. But who had the ark for the many plants that could not have survived

I'm not going to defend Kirk Cameron, (sp?), or Muslims and their claims of scientific miracles supposedly spelled out in the Qur'an or any other religious zealot. But I will defend the right of non-religious knowledge seekers, like me, to think that there could be a higher power that is responsible for life on earth. I happen to think the creator is a supremely intelligent asshole. Mao, Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot are reasons why I hold this view. Having the most rudimentary understanding of DNA transcription, I can't look at that process and honestly say to myself that it came about through pure chance alone. I can't believe that it was a purely random chemical or mechanical process that brought the spark of life into being. Did DNA come into being on it's own? DNA needs proteins for replication. Did the first amino acids properly sequence themselves without DNA or the necessary proteins to be properly folded into the necessary shape required for their purpose in a living cell? It's the chicken-and-egg question that to me spells higher power. I think atheists make the mistake of rejecting out of hand the idea of intelligent design. Do atheists reject this possibility because religious fanatics think that something like this, intelligent design, could be true? Are many atheists bitter and do they engage in ridicule of others because they have stopped seeking the truth in much the same way as Muslims, Christians, etc... have? Maybe we'll never know for sure what process brought about the first strand of DNA or how the first amino acids were sequenced into the first protein, but I'll never close my mind to the possibilities of our origin.